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Median advertised pay for AI, ML, LLM and data-science roles — drill into a specialization, country or seniority and the numbers update from live postings.

As of 2026-07-28, the median advertised salary for AI Design and Conversation roles tracked by ML/AI Work is $128,000 – $252,000/yr (USD), across 40 postings that disclose pay (ML/AI Work, dataset v2026.06).

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AI Design and Conversation roles

$128,000 – $252,000 median / yr (USD)
Advertised floor (salary min) — p25 / median / p75
$0p25 $128K · median $128K · p75 $128K$400K
Advertised ceiling (salary max) — p25 / median / p75
$0p25 $186K · median $252K · p75 $252K$400K

Figures in USD, the most common currency among the 40 disclosed-pay postings in this slice.

n=40 · as of 2026-07-28 · v2026.06 · methodology ↗

Salary distributionwithin AI Design and Conversation roles

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K+

Most common advertised floor: $125K–$150K33 of 40 disclosed-pay postings.

Median floor by senioritywithin AI Design and Conversation

Senior
$98K
Lead
$135K
Principal
$128K
Unspecified
$128K

Lead-level postings advertise the highest median floor — $135,000 (n=5).

Median floor by specializationwithin all AI roles

ML Systems and Inference pays the highest median floor ($159K); AI Safety and Evaluation the lowest ($105K).

Salary coverage by countryshare of postings with a salary range

United States leads salary coverage at 82.2%; 17 other markets are not yet covered.

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ML/AI Work, "AI & ML salary benchmarks — AI Design and Conversation roles", dataset v2026.06, n=40, as of 2026-07-28. https://mlai.work/salaries